Paris police chief 'had never heard of Kim Kardashian' when she was robbed

Paris's police chief had never heard of Kim Kardashian when she was robbed and has now criticised the reality television star for flaunting her wealth on social media.

Christian Sainte was first alerted to the high profile crime shortly after 3am on Oct 3 when the telephone rang at his home.

The night officer told him a woman called Kim Kardashian had been the victim of an armed robbery.

Mr Sainte told Vanity Fair: "I asked 'Who is this victim?'"

The night officer had not heard of her either and was unable to tell him. So Mr Sainte got up from bed and went to his computer to search the name on the internet.

"I quickly understood who she is," he told Vanity Fair. "And now I know almost everything about her. The personality of the victim, Kim Kardashian, is not like anyone else. She has a lot of likes on Facebook."

The robbery took place three weeks ago at the Hotel de Pourtalès, a 19th century neo-Renaissance town mansion, where stars stay for reasons of privacy, and where there was little security.

Miss Kardashian, who is married to the rapper Kanye West, was bound and gagged by an armed gang in the early hours of the morning.